Prospectus Hit List for May 4

Hit List for May 3
Hit List for May 7Hit List updates are published Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, starting April 2, 2014. Data presented here is based on games through the day prior to publication.Teams are ordered based on Adjusted Hit List Factor, a computer generated number, and the author isn't responsible for the order of the teams.

17

8

17.4

18.1

18.0

.706

.722

69.0%

23.0%

92.0%

0.3%

-0.8%

12

13

12.8

15.0

14.8

.547

.566

17.5%

8.6%

26.1%

-0.2%

0.3%

The resurgent Adam Dunn has resurged. Hitting .247/.385/.562 can do that for a guy.

4

17

8

13.6

15.0

15.2

.608

.589

8.8%

4.6%

13.4%

-0.0%

-0.2%

The Dodgers have accumulated 3.1 WARP on offense this season. Matt Kemp is responsible for 2.3 of it.

5

16

9

14.3

14.6

14.1

.590

.571

2.6%

4.8%

7.4%

0.0%

-11.6%

From the This Dude Can Hit file: Bryce Harper has four doubles in five games.

6

15

11

15.2

14.5

13.8

.562

.581

0.6%

4.1%

4.7%

0.5%

0.6%

The Rays may be in first place and the Orioles may be in second, but the third-place Blue Jays have a very encouraging run differential. But if you've been hanging in Toronto bars I'm sure you knew that.

7

16

9

15.2

14.3

13.5

.590

.609

0.5%

2.3%

2.8%

0.1%

-0.1%

Second place right now must feel nice after the year before and the year before that and the year before that and the year before that and the year before that and the year before that...

8

18

8

14.3

14.2

14.4

.585

.604

15.5%

35.6%

51.1%

0.6%

-6.3%

The Rays have won nine straight home games, 12 straight Wednesday day games played at night, 36 in a row on Inuit holidays, and 412 straight while on nights when I make this stuff up.

9

11

14

14.0

14.0

14.5

.535

.515

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

-0.0%

Any chance of being the majors' highest-scoring offense probably went out the window ten years ago when they stopped drafting good players.

10

13

13

13.4

13.5

15.0

.528

.508

24.2%

8.8%

33.0%

-0.5%

1.9%

With Chris Young down it is probably unfair to criticize, but the insistence on hitting Willie Bloomquist and his .272 on-base percentage in the leadoff spot is perplexing. In case you are wondering, Bloomquist owns a .315 career on-base percentage.

52.5%

-1.2%

4.1%

12

13

12.6

13.4

14.1

.521

.501

45.2%

8.7%

53.9%

-1.0%

-4.2%

A middle of the order with Sandoval, Posey and Belt seems like it could get some things done. A middle of the order without Sandoval (broken hamate) or Belt (too darned young) doesn't.

13

13

12

13.1

13.4

12.8

.523

.543

64.5%

23.9%

88.4%

-0.4%

0.6%

Losing Mariano Rivera won't help any team, and it won't help the Yankees, and it will hurt the Yankees. But New York has the second-lowest bullpen ERA at 1.97. Rivera's ERA is 2.16.

14

13

13

13.2

12.4

13.2

.498

.478

35.6%

23.3%

58.9%

0.6%

0.9%

Joe Blanton's three-hit shutout can only mean one thing: Cliff Lee is dead and his soul has taken over Blanton's body.

15

13

10

11.4

12.1

10.7

.513

.533

26.2%

11.9%

38.1%

-1.2%

1.5%

Johnny Damon went from unemployed to employed to injured to leadoff hitter? Putting anyone other than one of the top three hitters in the leadoff spot has got to stop.

16

11

16

12.0

12.0

11.7

.433

.452

0.1%

0.7%

0.7%

0.1%

0.1%

Some professions are lost to history. There are no milkmen anymore, and haberdashers are few and far between. That's part of what makes out-maker Chone Figgins unique. He's part of a dying breed of out-makers.

17

10

16

12.3

12.0

10.8

.434

.453

30.9%

42.1%

73.0%

-0.1%

3.8%

Had the Angels not finally called up Mike Trout a week ago, Brandon Morrow might have carried a no-hitter into the ninth. Trout singled twice, and only one other Angel reached.

18

11

13

11.9

11.7

11.5

.480

.500

19.0%

36.5%

55.4%

-0.3%

1.4%

Last year in 108 games, Ryan Sweeney had 11 doubles. Through 21 games this year he is your major-league leader with 12.

19

13

12

9.4

10.9

11.9

.452

.432

3.0%

5.4%

8.4%

-0.2%

0.7%

The Mets may be 13-12 but they've been outscored by 30 runs, the most in the NL and second most in baseball behind Minnesota.

20

9

16

10.2

10.8

12.4

.424

.404

0.3%

1.2%

1.6%

0.0%

0.6%

I was going to comment on how giving up three walks, one hit, and three runs without recording an out shot Carlos Marmol's ERA skyward, but it was 5.19 to begin with.

21

11

14

11.1

10.7

11.0

.439

.419

29.4%

22.7%

52.1%

1.1%

5.5%

Hanley Ramirez and Jose Reyes have bonded. In fact, they made a pact promising neither is allowed to hit over .230 until the other one gets there first.

22

9

17

10.9

10.7

11.9

.409

.390

14.8%

6.8%

21.6%

-0.3%

1.6%

Orlando Hudson leads the majors with four triples. Considering he is hitting .210/.256/.346 he might not get the chance to hit a fifth.

The fact that the Padres just traded for a AAA second baseman and that Logan Forsythe is about to come back from injury are also good signs that Hudson might not get a chance to hit a fifth triple. At least not with the Padres.

The fact that the Padres just traded for a AAA second baseman and that Logan Forsythe is about to come back from injury are also good signs that Hudson might not get a chance to hit a fifth triple. At least not with the Padres.